Intel® VTune™ Profiler User Guide

User Guide

Contents

macOS* Support

You can run
Intel® VTune™
Profiler
 on a macOS* host system to launch a collection on a remote Linux* system or Android* system. You can also view the data collection result on the macOS host. However,
Intel® VTune™
Profiler
 does not support data collection on a local macOS machine.

Prerequisites

See the
Intel VTune
Profiler
 Installation Guide - macOS
 for detailed information about installing and configuring
VTune
Profiler
 for use on a macOS host.
  1. Install
    VTune
    Profiler
     on your macOS host.
  2. Set up a SSH connection to your remote target. You may need to install the appropriate drivers on the target system:

Get Started

  1. Launch the
    VTune
    Profiler
     GUI from the Launchpad or launch the command line collector by executing the
    amplxe-vars
     script and running the
    vtune
     command. By default,
    VTune
    Profiler
     is installed under the
    /Applications
     directory. For more information, see Standalone
    VTune
    Profiler
     Interface    .
  3. Click the
    Configure Analysis
     icon to set up your remote collection. This opens the Performance Snapshot analysis type by default.
    Action
    Purpose
    1
    In the
    WHERE
     pane, select a remote Linux or Android target.
    2
    In the
    WHAT
     pane, provide the path to your application on the target Linux system.
    3
    Click the
    Start
     button to run a Performance Snapshot on the application. The analysis result is collected remotely and copied to the host when collection completes. An analysis-specific viewpoint opens to display the results.
  4. View and analyze the results on the host system.

Product and Performance Information

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Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.